The San Telmo Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Juan Cruz Zurbriggen hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what San Telmo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
34 days out for Tito after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. San Telmo will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at San Telmo
Juan Cruz Zurbriggen and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Iñaki Larthirigoyen
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Miguel Rodríguez joins the San Telmo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miguel Rodríguez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Enzo Flores steps up from the San Telmo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Enzo Flores has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
San Telmo promote Bautista Otero from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bautista Otero has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for San Telmo against Chacarita Juniors
0‑1 to Chacarita Juniors, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at San Telmo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonel Pollacchi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at San Telmo
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Leonel Pollacchi knocks on the manager's door